Watts v. Lucas

394 So.2d 903 (1981)

Jerrie WATTS

v.

Eddie LUCAS (Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary), State of Mississippi.

No. 52338.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1981.

Jerrie Watts, pro se.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from an order denying a writ of habeas corpus.

Jerrie Watts filed, pro se, a pleading styled "Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus" on May 3, 1980, in the Circuit Court of Pike County. He alleged that during the March 1968…